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Erich von Stroheim
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Austrian actor and director (1885–1957)
Erich von Stroheim was an Austrian actor and film director who worked primarily in the early 20th century, known for ambitious and often controversial films that pushed the boundaries of silent cinema. His career and innovations in filmmaking made him an influential but contentious figure in the history of cinema, though his extravagant production methods sometimes led to conflict with studios and incomplete projects.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1885
- Died
- 1957
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Queen Kelly (1929)
- Greed (1925)
- Les Feux de la Saint-Jean
- The complete Greed of Erich von Stroheim
- Greed: a film
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Film & TV
Acting · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a multifaceted Austrian-American actor, director, and writer known for his contributions to cinema during the silent film era. He was renowned for his meticulous attention to detail as a director and for portraying intense, often morally ambiguous characters on screen. Stroheim gained fame for directing and starring in films like "Greed"…
Known for
- Morceaux de Cannes2021
- Quand Jean devint Renoir — Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)2017
- The Man You Loved to Hate — Self (archive footage)1979
- Spécial cinéma — Self (archive footage)1974
- Garbo, by Joan Crawford — Self (archive footage)1969
- Erich von Stroheim - Der Mann mit dem bösen Blick — (archive footage)1966
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino — Self (archive footage)1961
- Armored Attack! — Dr. Otto Von Harden1957
- Série noire — Sacha Zavaroff1955
- Napoleon — Ludwig van Beethoven1955
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30
- Total plays
- 59
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key facts
- Born
- Erich Oswald Stroheim , ( 1885-09-22 ) September 22, 1885, Vienna , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- May 12, 1957 (1957-05-12) (aged 71), Maurepas , Seine-et-Oise, France
- Occupations
- Director screenwriter actor producer
- Years active
- 1914–1955
- Spouses
- Margaret Knox ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1913 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1915 ) Mae Jones ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1919 ) Valerie Germonprez ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1920 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1936 )
- Partner
- Denise Vernac (1939–1957)
- Children
- 2, including Josef von Stroheim
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim, Austrian German: [ˈʃtroːhaɪm]; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His 1924 film Greed (an adaptation of Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague), originally over nine hours long, was edited against his wishes to about two-and-a-half hours; despite initial negative reception, the theatrical release is considered one of the greatest films ever made. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights problems, Stroheim found it difficult to find work as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950).
For his early innovations, Stroheim is still celebrated as one of the first of the auteur directors. He helped introduce more sophisticated plots and noirish sexual and psychological undercurrents into cinema. He died of prostate cancer in France in 1957, at the age of 71. Beloved by Parisian neo-Surrealists known as Lettrists, he was honored by Lettrist Maurice Lemaître with a 70-minute 1979 film titled Erich von Stroheim.
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